Where does “deviate” come from?

Deviate comes from Latin deviatus, past participle of deviare, formed from de- and via meaning "way" or "path," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European de and weyh₁-.

deviate (English): A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant,...

Definitions

  1. A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant,...

Ancestry of “deviate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindeviatusstrayed, deviated, detoured
2Latindēviōto stray, deviate or detour
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “deviate”

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